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Overall

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Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
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The War of the Worlds (AmazonClassics Edition)

By:
H. G. Wells

Narrated by:
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Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

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Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
30

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The Day of the Triffids

By:
John Wyndham

Narrated by:
Alex Jennings

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
161

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
142

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
140

Bill Masen wakes up one morning in his hospital bed. His eyes are completely bandaged after an eye operation so he is unable to see. He immediately notices how still and quiet everything is. Having taken off his bandages, he discovers that both inside the hospital and out, the majority of the population (who watched a display of startlingly bright comets in the night sky the previous evening) have all gone blind, and realises that there is a terrifying new enemy for humankind to contend with.

2 out of 5 stars

Beautifully narrated but RUINED by "music"

By
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on
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Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures - Season 1

By:
Richard Kurti,
Bev Doyle,
James Swallow,
and others

Narrated by:
Ed Stoppard,
Geoff McGivern,
Heida Reed,
and others

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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James Follett

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full cast

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
305

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
161

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Stands up to the test of time

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Classic Radio Sci-Fi

The Time Machine (Dramatised)

By:
H.G. Wells

Narrated by:
Robert Glenister,
William Gaunt

Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
23

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
17

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
17

It opens in 1943, when Wells is recording a talk for the Home Service in which he questions mankind's future. After the broadcast, he spends the evening with American journalist Martha, and tells her the astonishing news that his bestselling book The Time Machine was not fantasy but fact. Wells explains that he was actually present at the dinner party in Richmond fifty years earlier, when the Time Traveller returned from his first fateful journey into the future.

5 out of 5 stars

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By
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on
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The Time Machine

By:
H. G. Wells

Narrated by:
Stephen Ward

Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
8

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
8

Story

4 out of 5 stars
8

So begins the Time Traveller's astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era - and the story that launched H.G. Wells's successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes... and our darkest fears.

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By:
H G Wells,
Stanislaw Lem,
Karel Čapek,
and others

Narrated by:
William Gaunt,
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Robert Glenister,
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Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

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Overall

4 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
26

Story

4 out of 5 stars
26

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The Lost World (1975),
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4 out of 5 stars

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John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Six classic BBC radio adaptations

By:
John Wyndham

Narrated by:
Bill Nighy,
Peter Sallis,
Barbara Shelley

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Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
145

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
131

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
130

Bill Nighy, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis are among the cast in six classic BBC Radio dramatisations of stories by one of Britain's most popular science fiction authors. 'The Day of the Triffids', first broadcast in 1968, is set in a world in which most people have been left blind after a meteor shower, and lethal carnivorous triffids are roaming the land. 'The Kraken Wakes', dramatised for radio in 1998, is a gripping story of monsters from the deep, alien invasion and ecological disaster.

1 out of 5 stars

A poorly assembled collection by Audible

By
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14-10-17

The War of the Worlds

By:
H.G. Wells

Narrated by:
Rebecca Dittman

Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins

Unabridged

Overall

0 out of 5 stars
0

Performance

0 out of 5 stars
0

Story

0 out of 5 stars
0

Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.

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3 out of 5 stars

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Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles Volume 1

By:
Simon Guerrier,
Nigel Fairs,
Peter Anghelides

Narrated by:
Gareth Thomas,
Paul Darrow,
Michael Keating

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
41

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

4 out of 5 stars
38

Three enhanced audiobooks performed by the stars of the classic BBC television series. These stories are set during series one.
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Solitary by Nigel Fairs, starring Michael Keating as Vila and Anthony Howell as Nyrron. Vila is alone and amnesiac. Why have his friends turned against him?

2 out of 5 stars

Not as good as previous entries

By
Joel Mellor
on
19-10-16

Journey into Space

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By:
Charles Chilton

Narrated by:
uncredited,
David Williams,
Andrew Faulds,
and others

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
142

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
76

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
78

Charles Chilton's classic science-fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects, and atmospheric music engaged listeners as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger to another as, together, they faced the unknown perils of space.

5 out of 5 stars

Journey into space

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

By:
Jules Verne

Narrated by:
full cast,
Stephen Critchlow,
Joel MacCormack

Length: 1 hr and 54 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

A thrilling new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jules Verne's classic novel. 'Descend, bold traveller into the crater of the Jokul of Snæfell, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July and you will attain the centre of the earth. Which I have done.'

5 out of 5 stars

A well remembered story

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04-10-17

King Solomon's Mines

BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

By:
H Rider Haggard

Narrated by:
David Sturzaker,
Tim McInnenry,
full cast

Length: 1 hr and 53 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Story

4 out of 5 stars
12

Tim McInnerny stars as Allan Quatermaine in this dramatic full-cast BBC Radio 4 adaptation of H Rider Haggard's classic Victorian novel. A chance meeting with Sir Henry Curtis and his friend John Good leads professional game hunter Allan Quatermaine on a dangerous expedition to the uncharted, hostile heart of Africa.

5 out of 5 stars

A fantastic story

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11-05-17

Journey into Space

The World In Peril, Episodes 1-20

By:
Charles Chilton

Narrated by:
Charles Chilton

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
116

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
70

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
72

Charles Chilton's classic science-fiction trilogy stormed the BBC airwaves during the 1950s. Its gripping story lines, extra-terrestrial sound effects, and atmospheric music engaged the listener as never before. Between 1953 and 1958, a devoted audience of adults and children attentively followed Captain Jet Morgan and his crew from one cliff-hanger to another as, together, they faced the unknown perils of space.

4 out of 5 stars

A Journey into Digital download!

By
Peter
on
21-05-09

Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

By:
Terry Pratchett

Narrated by:
Martin Jarvis,
Sheila Hancock,
Anton Lesser,
and others

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
101

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
92

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
89

Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.... Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent radioplay renditions of Pratchett's work

By
Amazon Customer
on
02-11-18

Summary

When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson (Paul Daneman) tells how he was plunged into a paralysing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis, and Anthony Jackson also feature in this thrilling six-part dramatisation of HG Wells' book, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1967.

Story

Fantastic

I first listened to this dramatised version of The War Of The Worlds when I was a young lad, my dad recorded it on a very old spool tape recorder. I kept it for years, listening to it when I was aloud to, until the tape recorder broke. To listen to it again just brings back memories. Its the best version available. Thanks Audible, I'm now going to wear my ipod out.

An excellent listen

This is a muscular and violent production as radio dramas go and its all the scarier and more vivid for it. The production values are strong and the cast is excellent. I'd give it 4.5 if I could, the only downsides being the slightly melodramatic opening titles and the outdated female character. That said, its still a treat.

A BBC Classic

I first read the book when I was about 12 and had the attention span of a bored chimp. But the book gripped me in a way that got me told off many times for reading in bed when I should have been sleeping. This audio rendition from the BBC managed to do exactly the same. I switched on my ipod and didn't switch it off until I had listened to all 6 episodes. The actors were excellent in their reading of the script and although not the original time setting the play relayed the fear and excitement that I felt when I originally read the book. The only criticism I have is of the rather over melodramatic title sequences that I felt could have been edited out, this aside I would recommend that any fan of H.C.Wells or indeed War of the Worlds in its many different forms download this without hesitation, they will not be dissapointed.

Super...

From start to finish this book gets you gripped. i have heard the War of the Worlds before but i was on the train listening and did not want to get off. Very well read. If you are thinking of buying this book then do. It is great.

War of the Worlds

I might be a little biased as this is one of my favourite stories. It's a great adaptation, I much prefer it to the Orson Welles (although the idea was very interesting, this is just easier to follow and far more gripping in terms of sitting back and relaxing with some entertainment). I listened to a chapter a night before bed and it certainly gave me chills. Some great acting and the sound effects are marvellous.

I felt very involved in the plot, wanted to scream at certain characters. I've listened to it over about three times.

It's great whether or not you know the original or any of the other versions. The story follow a good plot at a great, easy pace and is never dull.

War of the Worlds radio version

I really enjoyed hearing the story acted out. The descriptions enabled me to visualise what was happening. I know we have the American version but it would be nice to have the English version on film! Listening enables me to do something else, such as paint or iron, even cook.

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Overall

3 out of 5 stars

Performance

2 out of 5 stars

Story

4 out of 5 stars

Martin

25-11-17

Music is very annoying and distracting

The music used for each episode is simply awful - loud, shrieking and annoying. This would be a great production if the music were edited out.

Overall

2 out of 5 stars

Performance

1 out of 5 stars

Story

4 out of 5 stars

MegaReader

10-08-15

Needs editing

This was clearly a serial, which is not the issue. The problem is that the producers left in all the lead in and credits for each installment, which becomes extremely annoying by the end of the recording.